Upgrading basements and building up bodegas. The plan is a combination of different strategies. One component would also make it easier to build smaller apartments, like for single-room occupancy, that could be relatively cheap to rent. Other parts of the plan would apply only in less crowded areas outside of Manhattan, where a hodgepodge of zoning rules often prevent the development of anything other than single- or two-family homes. These changes, which could also increase the supply of lower-cost homes, include:● Allowing the construction of two- to four-stories of apartments above laundromats, shops and other businesses along certain commercial strips;● Allowing the construction of modest apartment buildings on big lots near subway, bus and other transit stations;

---

Locations: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens